The Best Movies of 1983

Top 50 Movies of 1983

Rank	Movie Title (click to view)	Studio	Total Gross / Theaters		Opening / Theaters		Open
1	Return of the Jedi	Fox	$252,583,617	1,764	$23,019,618	1,002	5/25
2	Terms of Endearment	Par.	$108,423,489	1,259	$3,498,813	260	11/23
3	Flashdance	Par.	$92,921,203	1,140	$4,076,124	1,140	4/15
4	Trading Places	Par.	$90,404,800	1,389	$7,348,200	1,375	6/10
5	WarGames	MGM	$79,567,667	977	$6,227,804	843	6/3
6	Octopussy	MGM	$67,893,619	1,339	$8,902,564	1,311	6/10
7	Sudden Impact	WB	$67,642,693	1,602	$9,688,561	1,530	12/9
8	Staying Alive	Par.	$64,892,670	1,747	$12,146,143	1,660	7/15
9	Mr. Mom	Fox	$64,783,827	1,362	$947,197	126	7/22
10	Risky Business	WB	$63,541,777	1,137	$4,275,327	670	8/5
11	National Lampoon's Vacation	WB	$61,399,552	1,253	$8,333,358	1,175	7/29
12	Superman III	WB	$59,950,623	1,763	$13,352,357	1,759	6/17
13	The Big Chill	Col.	$56,342,711	832	$3,662,152	722	9/30
14	Never Say Never Again	WB	$55,432,841	1,560	$10,958,157	1,550	10/7
15	Jaws 3-D	Uni.	$45,517,055	1,311	$13,422,500	1,300	7/22
16	Scarface (1983)	Uni.	$44,668,798	1,008	$4,597,536	996	12/9
17	Blue Thunder	Col.	$42,313,354	1,555	$8,258,149	1,539	5/13
18	Yentl	MGM	$40,218,899	747	$3,050,219	501	11/18
19	Silkwood	Fox	$35,615,609	843	$1,218,322	257	12/16
20	Psycho II	Uni.	$34,725,000	1,488	$8,310,244	1,448	6/3
21	Porky's II: The Next Day	Fox	$33,759,266	1,564	$7,054,988	1,511	6/24
22	Uncommon Valor	Par.	$30,503,151	1,076	$3,144,367	989	12/16
23	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Re-issue) (1983)	BV	$30,100,000	1,362	$6,017,914	1,362	7/15
24	Never Cry Wolf	BV	$29,600,000	540	$1,116,437	88	10/7
25	Twilight Zone: The Movie	WB	$29,450,919	1,288	$6,614,366	1,275	6/24
26	Easy Money	Orion	$29,309,766	1,171	$5,844,974	1,130	8/19
27	High Road to China	WB	$28,445,927	1,508	$6,156,049	1,508	3/18
28	The Outsiders	WB	$25,697,647	1,002	$5,068,165	829	3/25
29	Spring Break	Col.	$24,071,666	1,531	$5,908,574	1,493	3/25
30	Two of a Kind	Fox	$23,646,952	1,278	$3,344,942	1,244	12/16
31	My Tutor	Crwn	$22,587,834	500	$435,188	96	3/4
32	Class	Orion	$21,667,789	844	$4,553,233	839	7/22
33	The Right Stuff	WB	$21,192,102	627	$1,601,167	229	10/21
34	Cujo	WB	$21,156,152	1,293	$6,114,899	1,239	8/12
35	Christine	Col.	$21,017,849	1,101	$3,408,904	1,045	12/9
36	The Rescuers (Re-issue)	BV	$21,000,000	1,040	$2,111,582	862	12/16
37	The Dead Zone	Par.	$20,766,616	1,293	$4,556,083	1,293	10/21
38	Breathless	Orion	$19,910,002	1,166	$4,384,369	1,161	5/13
39	A Christmas Story	MGM	$19,294,144	938	$2,072,473	886	11/18
40	Max Dugan Returns	Fox	$17,613,720	801	$2,791,002	790	3/25
41	Valley Girl	Atl	$17,343,596	442	$1,856,780	442	4/29
42	All the Right Moves	Fox	$17,233,166	909	$1,625,486	442	10/21
43	Krull	Col.	$16,519,460	1,289	$5,469,415	1,281	7/29
44	Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	Col.	$16,478,265	1,344	$7,053,016	1,338	5/20
45	Richard Pryor: Here and Now	Col.	$16,156,776	1,411	$3,701,609	1,411	10/28
46	D.C. Cab	Uni.	$16,134,627	908	$1,564,530	862	12/16
47	Gorky Park	Orion	$15,856,028	631	$1,290,754	629	12/16
48	Cheech & Chong Still Smokin'	Par.	$15,543,710	730	$3,085,705	710	5/6
49	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life	Uni.	$14,929,552	554	$1,987,853	257	4/1
50	Educating Rita	Col.	$14,648,076	407	$73,518	3	9/23